RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry:McNichol says she "came out" to encourage teen-agers who are victims of bullying by their peers. From the insensitive nature of his post above, it looks to me like Oiram may be one of the people McNichol was talking about...

I am really sorry. I didn't know "lesbo" was offensive until I talked with my parents. I'll be more careful next time.

Elizabeth Hartman and Judith Barsi are more talented and beautiful than Scarlett Johansson and Chloe Grace Moretz. Fact.

RESPONSE from Head RAZZberry: While I thought the actual winners were all over the place (almost nothing won more than 2 awards) the show itself was actually well-written and moved quickly. I especially thought the "Non-Motion Capture Actors" bit at the head of the show, and the "Tribute to Characters Who Died in 2011" were clever and amusing...

You see in this filmmaking world there's two types of people my friend. Those with the knowledge of film and those who think they do but really don't.

I think that they're making a sequel because out of the last three Happy Madison movies, Jack & Jill and Zookeeper underperformed domestically and Bucky Larson outright bombed. Sandler probably thinks that they flopped because they're "different" and not because the public is fed up with him.

They cost a lot because Sandler's paycheck usually takes up 1/4 of the budget. Anyway Zookeeper didn't underperform (it made more than 160 million and it's opening weekend was 20 million, which is what they were predicting). Plus Jack and Jill actually did better than some were predicting, some were saying it wasn't going to even make 20 million, but it's still not a hit.

It was meant domestically. I'll edit my post so that there won't be any future confusion.

The paycheck explains a lot, but it still bothers me. Bedtime Stories cost as much as Grown Ups and it had a lot of special effects and fancy sets.

Originally posted by whatsthepoint

They cost a lot because Sandler's paycheck usually takes up 1/4 of the budget. Anyway Zookeeper didn't underperform (it made more than 160 million and it's opening weekend was 20 million, which is what they were predicting). Plus Jack and Jill actually did better than some were predicting, some were saying it wasn't going to even make 20 million, but it's still not a hit.

In a just world, Sandler would be paying people to make his films, rather than getting paid huge bucks to make them. Then again, in a truly just world, the only job Sandler could get that had anything to do with the movies would be sweeping up popcorn in some theater.

Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken

So Adam Sandler demands roughly 19 to 20 Megadollars for each film. How many actors demand more?

And, at least as far as I'm convinced, planetary box office matters more than domestic. And if Grown-Ups (Bottom 40 Films of 2010, #13) had the most amorphous plot... I can't decide if fleshing out a more solid plot would make Grown-Ups 2 a lesser or greater evil.

Moonrise Kingdom... the director, Wes Wales-Anderson also made The Royal Tenenbaums and Fantastic Mr. Fox, two of my past Top 40ers. None of his films were ever one of ours. Besides, it's opening against Men in Black III, which many of you said won't be as bad as Battleship.

So Adam Sandler demands roughly 19 to 20 Megadollars for each film. How many actors demand more?

And, at least as far as I'm convinced, planetary box office matters more than domestic.

There are 2 reasons why I can't take "planetary" box-office very seriously:

1. In a given country, or significant portion there of, I have no real information as to how many options the film-goers may have at any given time. It could well be that global box-office totals can be skewed by some meglomaniac like the most recent incarnation of the North Korean dynasty who only permits the citizenry to see Adam Sandler flicks because he personally likes them.

2. The plurality of the world's population thinks that soccer is a really cool sport. Case Closed.

Nine times out of ten, in art as in life, there is no truth to be discovered, only an error to be exposed.--H.L. Menken

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